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so not only are they raking it in, they're also creating a toxic environment for civic discourse. people don't hear about issues. they hear these negative charges, which only turn them off more. the more negative stuff you hear, the less interested you are in going out to vote. and so they're being turned off, the stations are raking it in, and the people who are chortling all the way to washington and the bank are the ones who get to keep their hands on the levers of power. so one of the big reasons that things are at the pass they are is that the founders never could have anticipated that a small group of people, a financial enterprise and the technology could create this environment in which facts, truth, accountability, that stuff just isn't entertaining. so because it's not entertaining, because the stations think it's ratings poison, they don't cover it on the news. >> they don't cover the news. >> they don't cover politics and government in the sense of issues. they're happy occasionally to cover horse race and scandal and personality and crime and that aspect of politics.
so not only are they raking it in, they're also creating a toxic environment for civic discourse. people don't hear about issues. they hear these negative charges, which only turn them off more. the more negative stuff you hear, the less interested you are in going out to vote. and so they're being turned off, the stations are raking it in, and the people who are chortling all the way to washington and the bank are the ones who get to keep their hands on the levers of power. so one of the big...
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>> i think for some underlying structural reasons the policy making environment is more difficult than it's ever been. technological change leading to polarization where people get their news from, unintended consequences. >> charlie: the media. >> and 24-cycle. polarization and tempo. unintended consequences of gerrymandering leading to even more extreme polarization in the house, for example, than among the population at large. and then unintended consequences of airline deregulation and improvements in technology meaning that members of congress no longer spend as much time in d.c. and that change in the community bears that. at the congressional budget office, it was bipartisan by nature. so my role was much different and i could form relationships with both republicans and democrats. much harder to do in the atmosphere that surrounds the current politics. >> charlie: what might you have done if the political environment had not been the way it was? >> i don't think it's a question of what i would have done but whether.... >> charlie: what the administration might have done in term
>> i think for some underlying structural reasons the policy making environment is more difficult than it's ever been. technological change leading to polarization where people get their news from, unintended consequences. >> charlie: the media. >> and 24-cycle. polarization and tempo. unintended consequences of gerrymandering leading to even more extreme polarization in the house, for example, than among the population at large. and then unintended consequences of airline...
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but we're coming from very low price environment, if you look through history. in terms of disstill ats, the heating oil, we have very low inventories, and in part it's because a lot of disstill at are being exported from the united states to latin america where demand is growing far faster than that region can define heating oil. and as a consequence, inventories in the united states are low for this time of year. if we have a colder be normal winter, one should expect prices to rise. however i believe that the projections for weather for the united states this winter are around normal. but clearly an unexpected cold spell could lead to a price spike. >> susie: all right. we'll have to leave it there. s thnkafor coming on our prom. gareth lewis-davies. nk >> susie: the f.b.i. today arrested a suspect for allegedly attempting to blow up the federal reserve bank in lower manhattan, just blocks away from the new york stock exchange. no one was hurt. undercover agents were monitoring the man's actions and say quazi nafis tried to set off what he thought was a 1,000
but we're coming from very low price environment, if you look through history. in terms of disstill ats, the heating oil, we have very low inventories, and in part it's because a lot of disstill at are being exported from the united states to latin america where demand is growing far faster than that region can define heating oil. and as a consequence, inventories in the united states are low for this time of year. if we have a colder be normal winter, one should expect prices to rise. however...
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the people do not want to go back to a taliban environment. they were on the fence for a while because they were not sure how this would turn out. but as local governance continues to gain traction, as economic opportunity becomes more widespread throughout afghanistan, what you find is the people, the people who might have accepted the taliban at some point in the past, see that there now is a future that could be different than the taliban darkness, a future that could be in fact an afghanistan that is aligned with the west, an afghanistan that is aligned with the united states. and they see the improvement in the quality of their lives. >> rose: general allen for the hour next. he is in washington for meetings at the pentagon and congressional testimony. allen was questioned about the current u.s. mission in afghanistan and the impending draw-down in testimony before congress. >> the campaign has been long will no longer be terrorized by the taliban. second, as a coalition, the largest in recent history, we are well along in our progress to
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. >> tom: the political environment is obviously very charged in washington. on balance, more tax cuts in the plan we'll hear about tomorrow night from the president or more spending plans? >> it does seem to be weighted towards tax cuts in a bid to win republican support. we're not exactly clear, because we don't know exactly what kind of program the president will propose. we're expecting him to propose something to incentivize employers to hire people, we don't know how big that will be. so we'll have to wait and see what that is, it may be that the president will want as to store up a few surprises, because we know so much about the speech already. he'll have to say something to say before the football game. >> tom: yes, in prime time tomorrow night. from washington, our bureau chief, darren gersh, thanks. >> susie: as we mentioned, president obama's speech had a lot to do with the market's move higher. today's market gains also grew following a new federal reserve report showing the economy saw a slight expansion in areas including dallas, kansas city and
. >> tom: the political environment is obviously very charged in washington. on balance, more tax cuts in the plan we'll hear about tomorrow night from the president or more spending plans? >> it does seem to be weighted towards tax cuts in a bid to win republican support. we're not exactly clear, because we don't know exactly what kind of program the president will propose. we're expecting him to propose something to incentivize employers to hire people, we don't know how big that...
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we don't think it's going to be a recession but it will be a more difficult environment. and i think what that's going to look at it is a globally diversified portfolio, one. and i think also will you have to have more equities in your portfolio than a lot of people might have expected. and this would account for people approaching requirements, perhaps even people in retirement that you had will have to have more risk assets, more global, more equities, perhaps more commodities, more infrastructure than they would have accepted-- anticipated to generate the rates of return that they are going to need. >> tom: one you brought along for a new pick is one that has been raising its dividend. that is a little bit of a idea that a lot of folks have globd on to lately. jpmorgan is the stock, right, the banking stocks have gotten the okay to raise dividends what do you like about jp morian-- morgan in this environment. >> i think you have an industry leader. someone who came through the economic crisis extremely well. was something of a stabilizing force. and you also see that a
we don't think it's going to be a recession but it will be a more difficult environment. and i think what that's going to look at it is a globally diversified portfolio, one. and i think also will you have to have more equities in your portfolio than a lot of people might have expected. and this would account for people approaching requirements, perhaps even people in retirement that you had will have to have more risk assets, more global, more equities, perhaps more commodities, more...
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children can tell even by an environment, a physical environment, that "i matter." children know this. >> they come from schools where they've hidden in the back row for years and passed, and we ask them to work 12 hours a day, 11 months of the year in very small classes where there's nowhere to hide, in the service of a future that is not always imaginable to them. and yet they respond to that? >> they respond to that like plants to light. >> not all students thrive, however. nationally, about 30% of students who enroll in nativity-miguel schools don't graduate. many are dismissed for academic or behavior problems. severe family dysfunction, not a lack of desire to learn, is often to blame. >> that's pretty bad. that is pretty bad. but you know what? we all sleep well at night because we give them every possible chance, every possible chance. >> get your piece of paper, take it step by step. i'm not going to do the work for you. >> the support starts at school, with a required two-hour study hall after dinner five nights a week, supervised by teachers and volunteer
children can tell even by an environment, a physical environment, that "i matter." children know this. >> they come from schools where they've hidden in the back row for years and passed, and we ask them to work 12 hours a day, 11 months of the year in very small classes where there's nowhere to hide, in the service of a future that is not always imaginable to them. and yet they respond to that? >> they respond to that like plants to light. >> not all students...
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goodness knows how wre going to deal with t environment, or . those problems accumulate, and our bt accumulates, we're vulnerable. >> reporter: that doesn't me the u.s. will acally default-- after all, we can always pri more money to cor our debts. but rogoff points out that strategy has downses-- higher interest rat, and higher inflion. not everyo is so worried. >> a universal sovereignebt cris-- that strikes me as being a low probabilit >> reporter: stratist stephen wood thinks soveren debt problems wl remain well coained. in fac he believes u.s. stocks and bonds might actually benefit, short term. >> from the u.s.erspective, this could actually be little bit more beneficial inays that the u.s. dollar could strethen and u.s.reasuries could tually do a little bit bette because when the kinds of uncertaintiehappen in global markets, invtors want that safe haven a dependability of uncle sam. >> rorter: there's no way to bullproof your portfolio against sovereign debt ris wood says the besttrategy is to have yo international investments managed by
goodness knows how wre going to deal with t environment, or . those problems accumulate, and our bt accumulates, we're vulnerable. >> reporter: that doesn't me the u.s. will acally default-- after all, we can always pri more money to cor our debts. but rogoff points out that strategy has downses-- higher interest rat, and higher inflion. not everyo is so worried. >> a universal sovereignebt cris-- that strikes me as being a low probabilit >> reporter: stratist stephen wood...
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overall it's still a struggling environment, if you compare it to historical labor markets. but the good news is that it's improving. we've had private sector job growth for the last 13 out of the last 14 months. and especially if you are in the professional segments of the labor market, you tend to be doing a little bit better. >> tom: gautam would you agree with that assessment. >> i would. i think we are dro going through a lot of struggles but from simplyhire.com perspective there are reasons to be optimistic. we have a snapshot of job advertisements across the web and have seen them right from 2.1 million job openings to now 4.8 million openings which is prerecession levels. >> tom: i want to look at a bar chart from that data shared. the job data finds that not only have job openings that you track on your job search database clearly have recovered but we're almost to the level we saw during the boom years in 2007. much competition for this increase in job openings you are seeing, gautam. >> i think the competition for these job openings is fierce dependinging where yo
overall it's still a struggling environment, if you compare it to historical labor markets. but the good news is that it's improving. we've had private sector job growth for the last 13 out of the last 14 months. and especially if you are in the professional segments of the labor market, you tend to be doing a little bit better. >> tom: gautam would you agree with that assessment. >> i would. i think we are dro going through a lot of struggles but from simplyhire.com perspective...
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they have been cautious due to the high environment and low store traffic. that's what hurt earnings in q 2. add to that, a colder and wetter spring resulting in less demand for summer wear, although, analysts say the teen retailer could benefit from the upcoming holiday shopping season. >>> switch to tech, ibm, yes, a tough couple quarters for big. >> you, that's result in a beaten downstair price but they are cheering the dividend yield of 2% and its plans to continue to find new growth opportunities. within tech, it's a battle between slow growing tech names that yield steady earning great and new age internet names. skeptics say these high flying internet names like facebook and google are trading at a rich valuation and might be too expensive. the bulls say if you want growth, this is where to invest. >> in 1999 investing saying here in 2013 a good place to make money in cash flow protect sieve is what we refer to as new tech. >> reporter: whether industrial, retails or tech, if the market continues to move higher x perts say it will be even more diffic
they have been cautious due to the high environment and low store traffic. that's what hurt earnings in q 2. add to that, a colder and wetter spring resulting in less demand for summer wear, although, analysts say the teen retailer could benefit from the upcoming holiday shopping season. >>> switch to tech, ibm, yes, a tough couple quarters for big. >> you, that's result in a beaten downstair price but they are cheering the dividend yield of 2% and its plans to continue to find...
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it is an insulated environment -- >> but the cia has relations with suleiman -- >> the president went and gave that speech in cairo for a reason. we know that people over there wanted reforms. the bush white house had encouraged the egyptian government to loosen up on its people. we did now that much. did we know it was going to fall now? no, of course not. the one of the things in the thursday night speech, mubarak said out two bowls but he wanted to finish out his term, and he wants to die on the egyptian soil. by resigning, he probably got the latter one. >> all i would say is that the hard part starts now. this is a country with no experience in democracy. all of the democrats and secular elements have been repressed by the existing government. the only organized opposition is the muslim brotherhood, and they are a scary lot. >> scary bunch, colby. >> at bottom a as trade sure, you have people saying there are moderate strands. it is what it is, an outlawed group that is seen as a terrorist group in the united states let's look at the larger picture of egypt, because this is one o
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those environments get dumped on. that's where their lack of resources new york city transportation, there is -- no transportation, there is a link between poverty and environment. talk to me about the link. >> it is very real. my work has always been based in showing that environmental equality could be used as a tool to create economic stability and opportunities. because you know, i would -- i am very well known for the type of things like transforming dumps into parks. ideally what those projects did was provide a visual reminder of things because they look particularly now don't have to be there always. it is a very visual way to do that. environmental equality is simple lay belief and principle that no community should have to bear the brunt of lots of virmental burden and not enjoy benefits. we know now race and/or class, both actually, will determine where you find the good stuff, parks and trees or the not so good things like to waste facilities and power plants. there is hope and opportunity that i think we
those environments get dumped on. that's where their lack of resources new york city transportation, there is -- no transportation, there is a link between poverty and environment. talk to me about the link. >> it is very real. my work has always been based in showing that environmental equality could be used as a tool to create economic stability and opportunities. because you know, i would -- i am very well known for the type of things like transforming dumps into parks. ideally what...
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a very unpredictable political environment and we were living in an already volatile political environment when this started. 14%, the number of americans who approve of congress? that's the lowest since 1974 when richard nixon resigned and that's lower than when we had the 2010 landslide, the 2006 landslide and the 1994 election which changed the house of congress. so we're close to having another wave of toss out the bums result next fall. and president obama isn't immune to this, the average weekly gallup poll shows he's at the lowest point he's been since he's been president and among independents, that number is now 37% approval, and that's 15 points below where he was before. gwen: is this attempting to compare this to the jimmy carter years? and we know what happened to him after his first term. is this comparable? >> you actually hear people talking about whether the president needed to reset a much bigger part of his presidency than he has. maybe cabinet switches. unlikely, i think. i think in the white house there's head scratching about what to do about the job crisis. they're g
a very unpredictable political environment and we were living in an already volatile political environment when this started. 14%, the number of americans who approve of congress? that's the lowest since 1974 when richard nixon resigned and that's lower than when we had the 2010 landslide, the 2006 landslide and the 1994 election which changed the house of congress. so we're close to having another wave of toss out the bums result next fall. and president obama isn't immune to this, the average...
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when it's related to the environment. it's some $20 billion this is a big story but it's an even bigger story ahead. >> there have been so many fines there a silver lining to all of this? does this make the deep water drilling safer going into the future? >> well it's certainly a goodstr investors and the shareholders will see the company in a greater light. brrchltbut unfortunately we aret going to see the end to oil spills. it's a slap on the wrist and it doesn't change regulations or the risk involved. bp was a reasonably qualified company to do this type of drilling. there is probably other drillers who are not as careful as bp has been in the past and may not be in the future. >> so to put this inperspectives and the prison term and the apology from bp. is there any satisfaction for the victims? does the punishment fit the crime. >> suzie i think not enough.we d as a result of the disaster no. 1. and no. 2 there is still risk involved that the regulations and the process of risky drilling encoupl encumbers. and this
when it's related to the environment. it's some $20 billion this is a big story but it's an even bigger story ahead. >> there have been so many fines there a silver lining to all of this? does this make the deep water drilling safer going into the future? >> well it's certainly a goodstr investors and the shareholders will see the company in a greater light. brrchltbut unfortunately we aret going to see the end to oil spills. it's a slap on the wrist and it doesn't change...
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what you have to do is get yourself into a different environment and let that environment's cues change you. >> rose: in this case it's school. >> right. she know there is's a school in her neighborhood which i call the academy which is based on a few academies and she demands to get into that school. and through the structure of that school the discipline, the organization, she goes from a situation which is chaotic and undermining her to a situation where she has the potential for the future. >> rose: and she is of asian and hispanic heritage? >> right. and that was so i could get into the cultural things. there are many rivers into the mind, the unconscious. many tributaries into the unconscious river and some are genetic from centuries ago. so famous one is that men tend to prefer women who have a 0.7 waist-hip ratio. that's a famous one. >> rose: (laughs) yes. >> but some are social norms and some are culture. we're formed by our cultures in ways we're not vaguely aware of. so one of the experiments is a guy... if you bump into a northern man on the street in a way that seems vague
what you have to do is get yourself into a different environment and let that environment's cues change you. >> rose: in this case it's school. >> right. she know there is's a school in her neighborhood which i call the academy which is based on a few academies and she demands to get into that school. and through the structure of that school the discipline, the organization, she goes from a situation which is chaotic and undermining her to a situation where she has the potential for...
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a decent education, can be healthy, can avoid asthma and other debilities of nutrition or an unsafe environment. we are still taking away from the poor, and the rich have never been richer. the four hundred richest people in this country, the billionaires' on the new forbes list have more than a trillion dollars of wealth, averaging more than $3.50 billion each of them in their net worth, and then we are told by washington politicians, there is nothing we can do, we have a budget crisis. if you let the richest of the richest of the rich what scot- free and bear no responsibility in our society, there will not be for the poorest of the port. tavis: we have had both democratic and republican presidents, at democratic and republican controlled congress in the last 50 years. how is it that whether democrat or republican control of white house, that we are still being so selfish in our politics? >> the last time we may be progress against party was in the 1960's. the war on poverty, despite everything that was said, made huge and sustained progress in reducing poverty. big breakthroughs, but then ca
a decent education, can be healthy, can avoid asthma and other debilities of nutrition or an unsafe environment. we are still taking away from the poor, and the rich have never been richer. the four hundred richest people in this country, the billionaires' on the new forbes list have more than a trillion dollars of wealth, averaging more than $3.50 billion each of them in their net worth, and then we are told by washington politicians, there is nothing we can do, we have a budget crisis. if you...
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do you think of hope for the environment, or food, clothing, shelter? we do. weyerhaeuser, growing ideas. >> this is not a decision i have made lightly. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama gives the green light to offshore oil and gas drilling. environmentalists are not pleased. >> back into irreversible damage that ecosystem. -- that could do irreversible damage the ecosystem. >> i have no greater honor than serving as your commander-in- chief. >> and with americans fighting and dying in this country, what is president karzai's game? also, in the cash strapped economy, states swimming in red ink are talking about taxing everyone. and is the party over for rnc head michael steele? >> this is not a vacation. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> so why are we so invested in the middle east? trust me, it is not the climate. but president talks about achieving energy independence by proposing exploration and drilling for oil and gas off our own coast. there was something to offend almost everyone, from the environme
do you think of hope for the environment, or food, clothing, shelter? we do. weyerhaeuser, growing ideas. >> this is not a decision i have made lightly. >> this week on "inside washington," president obama gives the green light to offshore oil and gas drilling. environmentalists are not pleased. >> back into irreversible damage that ecosystem. -- that could do irreversible damage the ecosystem. >> i have no greater honor than serving as your commander-in-...
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>> they're seeing a better environment. they're seeing land prices at a low point that they've never seen before. they're seeing again this pent-up demand. there was an article recently about people with 200,000 miles on their car. that's the new 100,000. people are waiting to do things until the last possible moment. we're seeing that in housing, too. people need to move and upgrade their homes. nibble the last three months we've entertained and may have approved more construction loans than we've done in the last two years. >> susie: how about getting a mortgage? is it easer. >> >> i wouldn't say it's easier. i will tell you interest rates are lower so more people can qualify, that's good. i think there's now no longer the big disconnect between the price of a home and what someone can afford to pay. but all the products that were out there that got us in trouble no longer exist. so many more mortgages are winding up on bank balance sheet it is way it should be and banks are doing what they need to do to have properly qua
>> they're seeing a better environment. they're seeing land prices at a low point that they've never seen before. they're seeing again this pent-up demand. there was an article recently about people with 200,000 miles on their car. that's the new 100,000. people are waiting to do things until the last possible moment. we're seeing that in housing, too. people need to move and upgrade their homes. nibble the last three months we've entertained and may have approved more construction loans...
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he is waiting for somethingo come out in environment and public works. now we have senor kerry coming in a becoming aead author rather than barbara boxer, t chairwomanf the environment and pubc works. that ipartly because it ho keep up with a thing that happened intnationally. but you have theoreign lations committee. you have epw. you have the financeommittee wantina piece of this. has become one of those things whe theenate goes off in different directions. >> are we going to see a bill? >> i am i honesy not sure. hay reid has said we're going ee a bill. he says we're gng to take whater comes out of the climate side. he will put it togher on what has ready been passed as a bipartisan energy built up b the way, one chrman of the ergy committee does not want to see this happ. thranking republican also co- authored this bill in congress. it really does have bipartisan cking. he wou like to see those measures votedhrough and then ge to a climate sepately. harry reid is not want to do that. >> linda, what do youhink is going to happen? >> with everying? >>
he is waiting for somethingo come out in environment and public works. now we have senor kerry coming in a becoming aead author rather than barbara boxer, t chairwomanf the environment and pubc works. that ipartly because it ho keep up with a thing that happened intnationally. but you have theoreign lations committee. you have epw. you have the financeommittee wantina piece of this. has become one of those things whe theenate goes off in different directions. >> are we going to see a...
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the environment? >> i would say energy and environment are connected. we had an energy policy that cut down our imports of oil by 50% in just five years. when ronald reagan came in, he said we do not need to save energy, we have a great nation on the top of the hill or something like that. we can waste all we want. we do not have to conserve. he undid all he could. a lot of things we passed were embedded in law. they resulted in tremendous reductions in waste of energy in all types of things. we also started the use of solar energy and windmills and hydroelectric and that sort of thing. we halted with that. china has now taken over and is the number 1 producer. they make advanced windmills and total take cells and so forth. -- photovoltaic cells and so forth. had the energy policy not been abandoned, we would not be in the shape we are now. we had peace. we never dropped a bomb, never fired a missile during the time i was in office, and still upheld the integrity and good faith of our country. in human rights, we were the world champion of human rights.
the environment? >> i would say energy and environment are connected. we had an energy policy that cut down our imports of oil by 50% in just five years. when ronald reagan came in, he said we do not need to save energy, we have a great nation on the top of the hill or something like that. we can waste all we want. we do not have to conserve. he undid all he could. a lot of things we passed were embedded in law. they resulted in tremendous reductions in waste of energy in all types of...
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>> a criminogenic environment is a steal from pathology, a pathogenic environment, an environment that spreads disease. in this case, it's an environment that spreads fraud. and there are two key elements. one we talked about. if you don't regulate, you create a criminogenic environment because you can get away with the frauds. the second is compensation. and that has two elements. one is the executive compensation that people have talked about that creates the perverse incentives. but the second is for these professionals. and for the lower level employees, to give the bonuses. and it creates what we call a gresham's dynamic. and that just means cheaters prosper. and when cheaters prosper, markets become perverse and they drive honesty out of the market. >> moyers: you also wrote that the new york federal reserve knew about this so-called three- card monte routine. but that the man who led it, at the time, timothy geithner, now the treasury secretary, testified that there was nothing he could do. >> in our system, the federal reserve was a fire station, a fire station with important,
>> a criminogenic environment is a steal from pathology, a pathogenic environment, an environment that spreads disease. in this case, it's an environment that spreads fraud. and there are two key elements. one we talked about. if you don't regulate, you create a criminogenic environment because you can get away with the frauds. the second is compensation. and that has two elements. one is the executive compensation that people have talked about that creates the perverse incentives. but...
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tavis: outdoes growing up in that environment -- how does growing up in that environment, what do you draw upon from that upbringing to help you being the kind of man you are? >> i think the values that i picked up from grandparents and my mother, the going to church and having a faith are things i draw upon. tough conditions are the things you draw upon when you get into difficult situations. i have never found anything as tough as overcoming some of the struggle since childhood. not having food. i was beaten once by a principle to the point where i was numb. some of those conditions, and everything i do in the private sector, is child's play compared to the things as a child. tavis: i spoke at a conference the other day. black enterprise magazine asked me to speak. i spoke to this audience of people about some of these issues, succeeding. one of the issues the comes up is the extent to which as an african-american, some believe you have to surrender your soul and a compromise yourself. you have to put aside your own culture if you want to make it in the culture of business. what has
tavis: outdoes growing up in that environment -- how does growing up in that environment, what do you draw upon from that upbringing to help you being the kind of man you are? >> i think the values that i picked up from grandparents and my mother, the going to church and having a faith are things i draw upon. tough conditions are the things you draw upon when you get into difficult situations. i have never found anything as tough as overcoming some of the struggle since childhood. not...
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this is an urban environment. but it is a good or bad environment. there is greenery, there are orderly streets were traffic flows. you can enjoy yourself. >> i asked a couple of our guests about living in singapore. >> i think that singapore is a good place to live. >> i think that we work very hard in making it a very livable. it is not all about economic growth. the quality of life is very important. we have tried very hard to ensure that we address this part of it come about quality of life -- part of it, about quality of life. the crime rates are low. we have a great court system, a good education. at the same time, we need to provide for the lifetime needs of different types of people. we have multiracial mix and everyone has different needs. but we do is provide a whole different offering for recreation and leisure. i think that it is highly livable. >> i think that singapore is a great place to live. this is a global city. it is positioning itself as a global city. we are starting to build art here, culture. some of the best bands. i think th
this is an urban environment. but it is a good or bad environment. there is greenery, there are orderly streets were traffic flows. you can enjoy yourself. >> i asked a couple of our guests about living in singapore. >> i think that singapore is a good place to live. >> i think that we work very hard in making it a very livable. it is not all about economic growth. the quality of life is very important. we have tried very hard to ensure that we address this part of it come...
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catastphe of this sort could anate from the seemingly und financial system d seemingly robust regulator environment that we ha >>eporter: johnson thinks regulators underood there was a daerous bubble in subprime mortgages and me prices. buthey didn't understand that bubble would tank the nancial system >> that's a failure of analys, failure to understand what i staring you inhe face, rather than aailure to imagine something fairly n. >> reporter: when meers of the financial commissi have asked foher advice, gorelick suggested they do sothing washington rarely does these days: build bipartisan consensus based what actually happened. >> i would really hope thaone of the thingthat this commsion could learn from us is to spend time together ally rking on the facts and that will, in and of itself breedn environment in wch one can come to coensus. >> reporter: gorelicsays, if republicans and democrats ca spend a year examing the financial cris and agree on what happened d why, that coulhelp restore some of the confidence that'been lost in our government and our marts. darren gersh, "nightly busins port",
catastphe of this sort could anate from the seemingly und financial system d seemingly robust regulator environment that we ha >>eporter: johnson thinks regulators underood there was a daerous bubble in subprime mortgages and me prices. buthey didn't understand that bubble would tank the nancial system >> that's a failure of analys, failure to understand what i staring you inhe face, rather than aailure to imagine something fairly n. >> reporter: when meers of the financial...
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and who lived around t time of jesus, except in a mh more ban environment. and he had aess to greek philosophy. and he had thiidea that god is the logos. is this kindf logic that is the anating spirit through history. and he said some things that look remarkable from a moder int of view. he sai where history was moving w toward this world of tremendous interdependence a th was part of god's plan was make it so that individual peles and even individual specs would need one another. were dependent on onanother. and at as history wore on, that would bece truer and truer. and as a rult, the world would move toward thisind of unity. i ink in terms of a logic you know, animating story, that's a reasonly modern way to think of the divin if you want toonstruct a theology that, i wld say, can be rendered in a w that is compatible with modern scice, i think pho of alexandria is a good place to start. >> mers: i keep coming back thou to what you instructed us in thibook when you talk about how everything we do a see our response to it's aected by brain whichas not been
and who lived around t time of jesus, except in a mh more ban environment. and he had aess to greek philosophy. and he had thiidea that god is the logos. is this kindf logic that is the anating spirit through history. and he said some things that look remarkable from a moder int of view. he sai where history was moving w toward this world of tremendous interdependence a th was part of god's plan was make it so that individual peles and even individual specs would need one another. were...
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we'll have to see going forward what the pricing environment will look like. >> susie: mr. etinger, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> susie: the c.e.o. of general mills told analysts here at the n.y.s.e. today he expects costs for key food ingredients will moderate over the next year. the minneapolis company with brands including cheerios cereal, pillsbury crescent rolls, and yoplait yogurt forecasts food inflation will be up only 2% to 3% this year. when i talked with c.e.o. ken powell, he explained why he expects food prices to stabilize. >> oil prices have come down, our package think costs, and includes the costs in our plant. we're seeing some movement in corn now in the grain complex. but overall, as we look at the whole market basket of goods that we buy, we see the low single digit level. >> consumers have been complaining about paying higher prices for food. and as commodity prices go up, will they have to pay even more -- will consumer have to pay more for food? >> they had to pay more this year, no doubt about it. there's wide price increas
we'll have to see going forward what the pricing environment will look like. >> susie: mr. etinger, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> susie: the c.e.o. of general mills told analysts here at the n.y.s.e. today he expects costs for key food ingredients will moderate over the next year. the minneapolis company with brands including cheerios cereal, pillsbury crescent rolls, and yoplait yogurt forecasts food inflation will be up only 2% to 3% this year....
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have got to do afew things themselve for exampl they've got to sort of clean u some of the croeconomic environment ther they've got to lk at the question of subsidi, things like this. some of these actuallyre-dated saam. theyere from a arab socialist time. anwhereas in easte europe and theis are all gone and ver mu changed, in iraq the are lot of very badeconomic habits from a long te ago. and i thinkoreign firms lookg there, they first he toook at security which is obviously getting better by the day, but they also hav to look at whether this is a country thats really set up to pla by international rules. and that'something else we're working with the iraqis on. >> rose: w can't they pass a hydrocarbon law? >> well, younow, peoe say is is a hydrocarbonaw, it's just about oil. well, it's abo oil t way moby dick is a sry about a whale. i mean, there's aot more goi here. it really has t do wh the relationsh of the center, baghdad, to the... to o of the feral entities of iraq,amely kurdistan. it has to do wi how you share the proceeds of , of t oil. it has tdo with how you orgaze yourself for the oil
have got to do afew things themselve for exampl they've got to sort of clean u some of the croeconomic environment ther they've got to lk at the question of subsidi, things like this. some of these actuallyre-dated saam. theyere from a arab socialist time. anwhereas in easte europe and theis are all gone and ver mu changed, in iraq the are lot of very badeconomic habits from a long te ago. and i thinkoreign firms lookg there, they first he toook at security which is obviously getting better by...
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environment? diseases? but understanding the purpose, leave me be able to help our own society and help us in our decision making. >> amazing, those pictures. lady liberty is celebrating her birthday today. 125 years ago, the statue of liberty was given to america by france in recognition of the french of the country's forest during the revolutionary war. the statue was designed to be a lighthouse. evolved into a symbol of freedom. the figure holds a torch that symbolizes enlightenment and the tablets for the american declaration of independence. he is right above new york harbor and is often the first thing that immigrants sought as they arrived in the mother country. if those pictures inspire you to make a visit, you will have to wait. the is undergoing a year's worth of renovations. happy birthday, lady liberty. you can find updates on our web site, from all of us a bbc world news america, have a great weekend and thanks for watching. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, st
environment? diseases? but understanding the purpose, leave me be able to help our own society and help us in our decision making. >> amazing, those pictures. lady liberty is celebrating her birthday today. 125 years ago, the statue of liberty was given to america by france in recognition of the french of the country's forest during the revolutionary war. the statue was designed to be a lighthouse. evolved into a symbol of freedom. the figure holds a torch that symbolizes enlightenment...
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the environment we're in now is a lot tougher. you've got all kinds of regulatory constraints that we didn't have at that time. and the overall growth picture is much more reduced, which creates a tougher time for any entrepreneur. >> tom: do you feel a responsibilitior an obligation to assist entrepreneurs and that entrepreneurial spirit? >> absolutely. and in fact, i personally feel a greater obligation than that. i really want to get the united states back on a winning track. it's important for not just the people who are working now but for their children, and other generations. when you hear people say that, it sounds corny. bit it's actually true. >> tom: that's why whereyou've directed some of your charitable contributions to entrepreneurship, is in higher education, to colleges in the detroit area announced this week, four colleges in northeastern ohio will be seeded with money from the blackstone charitable foundation to engage in entrepreneurial activity with the student body of those six schools. why target those geogra
the environment we're in now is a lot tougher. you've got all kinds of regulatory constraints that we didn't have at that time. and the overall growth picture is much more reduced, which creates a tougher time for any entrepreneur. >> tom: do you feel a responsibilitior an obligation to assist entrepreneurs and that entrepreneurial spirit? >> absolutely. and in fact, i personally feel a greater obligation than that. i really want to get the united states back on a winning track....
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may be totally offset about what the chinese are not doing about the environment when it comes to coal. >> china has passed us as the largest energy consumer in the world. they're also the largest emitter of green house gases. they're building far more nuclear plants, coal plants, and gas plants to produce electricity than not only we are but in europe. their system allows them to move quickly to build infrastructure. they're not constrained by the not in my backyard syndrome. they're not constrained by logjams in government permitting. they're not constrained by citizen opposition. they're not constrained over issues of long-term liability such as we are with particularly carbon storage. and they're moving every possible energy technology front. and they have the opportunity if we're not quickly careful to be the energy technology leader for decades to come. thank you very much. my pleasure. thank you. >> we often think of solar as being in itself a way of generating electricity. but sometimes that's not the way things happen. sometimes there's a secondary use, and maybe even a use th
may be totally offset about what the chinese are not doing about the environment when it comes to coal. >> china has passed us as the largest energy consumer in the world. they're also the largest emitter of green house gases. they're building far more nuclear plants, coal plants, and gas plants to produce electricity than not only we are but in europe. their system allows them to move quickly to build infrastructure. they're not constrained by the not in my backyard syndrome. they're not...
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and very cln environment place he. so if w live re and then workwhere we go? so many dirty places? no, t really. it's not possible. we have to pray god n to move. > tomorrow we'll meet with buddhist monks replanting caodian forest and praying their effos bring much-needed rain. >>> finally, we have an excet from tonight's edition othe pbs ries "wide angle." "victory is your duty," it the story ofwo young cuban xers who dream of becoming champions while stggling through vana's boxing academy where the cuiculum is a combation of athletics and a constant stream of gernment propagan. >> reporter: 10-year-old christianaattends the hava xing academy with many othe country's be young boxers. they live in six days a ek unr a stri four hours' dailyraining, combined wi a diet that leaves them perpetually ngry. during the day the bs attend a local scho for a full schedule of classes. >> right after school christiana is backn the academy. only 10 of these4 boys will make it to the championships. one for each weight dision. >> reporter: afterinning the championships eit years in a w, havana los
and very cln environment place he. so if w live re and then workwhere we go? so many dirty places? no, t really. it's not possible. we have to pray god n to move. > tomorrow we'll meet with buddhist monks replanting caodian forest and praying their effos bring much-needed rain. >>> finally, we have an excet from tonight's edition othe pbs ries "wide angle." "victory is your duty," it the story ofwo young cuban xers who dream of becoming champions while stggling...
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cony"arthe contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals.on additional funding provideby: the colcom foundation. thwagellace netic foundationac and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" >> it's given me a new mission and i get to do this. >> i needed to be in a position to have some kind of effect. >> i certainly want to help other republican women think about running for office. >> i see government as a tool to be able to help people. >> now i have an opportunity to join them to carry the torch for future generations for women and their families. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe on capitol hill for this special edition of "to the contrary." there are a record number of women are serving in the 113th congress. twenty in the senate, 78 in the house. the 25% of the women serving in this session of congress are freshmen. this week we introduce you to some of them. >> i ran in 2006 because of my concerns of how our service members returning ho
cony"arthe contrary" provided by: the cornell douglas foundation committed to encouraging stewardship of the environment, land conservation, watershed protection and eliminating harmful chemicals.on additional funding provideby: the colcom foundation. thwagellace netic foundationac and by the charles a. frueauff foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" >> it's given me a new mission and i get to do this. >> i needed to be in a position to have some...
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there's still lots of children working in the mines, being forced to work in the environments by the military. and also, sometimes when the fighting starts again, they leave the mines and they're forced to fight for the militia, that they are working for in the mines. >> this may seem like a naive question, but is there anything that can be done about it? how can an american consumer affect what's happening so a child in a mine in the congo? >> it's a really good question. because that's where the solution lies. it lies with the consumer. the dodd frank bill wa passed in 2010, that made any company responsible for reporting if they received any minerals from the congo. some of them are working better than others. intel, motorola. other electronics products companies are not doing so well. and so they need a push. and that push had to come from us, the consumer. they can send messages to the organizations that are manufacturing these products to tell them, we're watching and seeing what you're doing, you're not behaving in a way you should be behaving or responding as quickly as you s
there's still lots of children working in the mines, being forced to work in the environments by the military. and also, sometimes when the fighting starts again, they leave the mines and they're forced to fight for the militia, that they are working for in the mines. >> this may seem like a naive question, but is there anything that can be done about it? how can an american consumer affect what's happening so a child in a mine in the congo? >> it's a really good question. because...
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but experts say the trading environment is changing, and investors should get used to more crazy days like today. >> typically, when you enter into the middle part of the cycle and there's questions over earnings growth and the sustainability of the recovery, you tend to have a lot of volatile trading days and really muted-to-flat returns for a period. >> reporter: experts say this market is all about uncertainty: consumer uncertainty, business uncertainty, and investor uncertainty. and those conditions won't disappear overnight. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: so, what impact will that volatility have on confidence? most often, market slides leave behind nervous consumers. but will confidence take a big enough hit to tank the economy? darren gersh takes a look. >> reporter: consumers began this up and down market ride in a very bad mood. in july, the university of michigan's confidence reading showed consumers were expecting a recession. >> so they were pretty downbeat. a key to understanding that is that they had given up hope the government could or wo
but experts say the trading environment is changing, and investors should get used to more crazy days like today. >> typically, when you enter into the middle part of the cycle and there's questions over earnings growth and the sustainability of the recovery, you tend to have a lot of volatile trading days and really muted-to-flat returns for a period. >> reporter: experts say this market is all about uncertainty: consumer uncertainty, business uncertainty, and investor uncertainty....
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and during both up economic environments and down economic environments, the success of the business has been very good. where league-wide revenues have gone up fairly consistently, certainly player compensation has gone up, and team values have gone up. >> reporter: also up: the cost of attending a ballgame. in 1991, tickets, food and drink, parking, a couple of souvenir programs and team caps for a family of four would run you $76. last year, it had jumped to $196, up nearly 150%. considering average hourly wages have risen by about half that over the same period, it raises a question: has baseball finally "hit the wall" when it comes to the affordability of games? apparently the answer is yes, because when this year's season started, a funny thing happened. five of major league baseball's 30 teams actually dropped their ticket prices. and in many venues, the cost of food, even parking, declined as well. overall, the average cost of attending a ballgame fell by about $2. jim riordan, sports business professor at florida atlantic university, says teams are smarter about the marketpl
and during both up economic environments and down economic environments, the success of the business has been very good. where league-wide revenues have gone up fairly consistently, certainly player compensation has gone up, and team values have gone up. >> reporter: also up: the cost of attending a ballgame. in 1991, tickets, food and drink, parking, a couple of souvenir programs and team caps for a family of four would run you $76. last year, it had jumped to $196, up nearly 150%....
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it easy for them to become involved, or for their employees to become involved. >> i know that the environment has always been important to you. and just in the minute or so we have left, tell me the controversy in what is happening in the area of global warming and the environment in the u.n. foundation. >> the biggest problem that our grandchildren prophase is a climate change. biggest problem our children or face, climate change. biggest problem you and i have to do today, work on climate change to our government and governments in general have a number one responsibility to protect their citizenry. this is the greatest threat over long-term time span. we know that from the science, no question about it. some governments have to get together and have to figure out how they're going to move us to a clean, low carbon economy, but less carbon up in the atmosphere, which we are treating as the big garbage dump. but less carbon into the oceans. it is making the oceans so acidified that we're going to lose our whole food base in the ocean, which would be a catastrophe. these problems are coming a
it easy for them to become involved, or for their employees to become involved. >> i know that the environment has always been important to you. and just in the minute or so we have left, tell me the controversy in what is happening in the area of global warming and the environment in the u.n. foundation. >> the biggest problem that our grandchildren prophase is a climate change. biggest problem our children or face, climate change. biggest problem you and i have to do today, work...
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. >> charlie: one big opportunity for cooperation has to do with the environment. china always makes the point that you've been do this and living in the industrial age with a larger cacity to influence the environment than we have so don't expect usto live by the same standards. >> i think myeply to that is first of all, chinatill developing country and as was agreed by the international community developing countries and developed countries have a common but differentiated responsibility in terms of the climate change. that's point one. number one. secondly, china is doing what we can in improving the energy efficiency. we have set a goal that is to make sure that the energy consumption wi come down and we're working on that. >> charlie: is energy efficiency in your judgment the best way to go. will it provide the largest result in ensuring global warming is restricted. >> that's one thing and we need to try new energy. wind power, solar power -- yeah. >> charlie: is your commitment to that stronger and better than the u.s. 'commitment? >> i will not pass judgmen
. >> charlie: one big opportunity for cooperation has to do with the environment. china always makes the point that you've been do this and living in the industrial age with a larger cacity to influence the environment than we have so don't expect usto live by the same standards. >> i think myeply to that is first of all, chinatill developing country and as was agreed by the international community developing countries and developed countries have a common but differentiated...
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so does it make sense that we'll get a double-digit rally in this environment? >> you know, based on the work that we're doing right now, no. but saying that, i think stocks can do well in a modest growth, modest inflation environment. we've been in that type of an environment. i think per's going to be in it at least through 2013. so stocks can do okay. especially stocks i think that have a lot of international exposure which the s&p 500, about 50% of those revenues come from overseas. so that's where the growth is we're going to continue to see the growth there. so i think the stock market can do okay, so to expect a 20% year in this slow-growth environment i don't think it's going to happen right now. >> i would like to ask you a little bit about a gloomy assessment that came out from bill gross, the bond guru from pimco. his february letter, he is saying he's to the buying into the bull market, telling investors that stocks pose too much of a risk for too little return. ys b something you can sink your teeth in, commodities like gold. he also recommends to g
so does it make sense that we'll get a double-digit rally in this environment? >> you know, based on the work that we're doing right now, no. but saying that, i think stocks can do well in a modest growth, modest inflation environment. we've been in that type of an environment. i think per's going to be in it at least through 2013. so stocks can do okay. especially stocks i think that have a lot of international exposure which the s&p 500, about 50% of those revenues come from...
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>> you know, it was really in part a function of the environment we were in. coming out of the financial crisis, the opportunity in credit and corporate bonds in particular was very attractive. not only to help us continue to pay an attractive income distribution to our investors but also tremendous opportunity for total return. and as that played out and we saw the valuations in credit improve, we began to really look at other income opportunities and that's where we've also seen this broader shift in companies from fix the balance sheet to now start to think about paying dividends, growing dividend-- dividends, creating shareholder owner value and that is something that is really attractive. >> tom: how much has been driven by the low yield environment out there generally speaking for bonds. >> certainly that played into one of the things that we saw that was very interesting. and you know, really a bit of an anomaly when you can invest in a company's equity of being owner and actually have a dividend yield that might exceed, match or exceed the rate you can
>> you know, it was really in part a function of the environment we were in. coming out of the financial crisis, the opportunity in credit and corporate bonds in particular was very attractive. not only to help us continue to pay an attractive income distribution to our investors but also tremendous opportunity for total return. and as that played out and we saw the valuations in credit improve, we began to really look at other income opportunities and that's where we've also seen this...
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the military got it finally and that's one of the most sew notice tick environments they claim. why can't college campuses get it there? they need to do something. this bothered me a little bit. >> i don't think the military has gotten it yet. there's a great room for improvement there and you talk to women soldiers raped and molested. there's a big problem there. college campuses, this is a very unsafe environment being in a dormitory and walking around at night. i think it's horrific how the colleges are sweeping it under rug and making the young girls feel like a victim. they sent her to a psychiatric institution and didn't want her to come back at school because she was in a psychiatric institution. >> it's important to educate the students. many of them are living in coed dorms and friends of the victimizers. we have to across the board create -- we stop this culture of shame and silence and create one of transparency and accountability if we want to stem the tide on this. >> where are you on the board of trustees? >> george washington university. >> what are they doing in
the military got it finally and that's one of the most sew notice tick environments they claim. why can't college campuses get it there? they need to do something. this bothered me a little bit. >> i don't think the military has gotten it yet. there's a great room for improvement there and you talk to women soldiers raped and molested. there's a big problem there. college campuses, this is a very unsafe environment being in a dormitory and walking around at night. i think it's horrific...
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when you're looking the small cap environment, big rally in2009. what's the environment th year? >> wre optimistic that 2010 cod also be a good ye for small caps. two asons. one there a lot ofoney still sitting around as rates get ing, we expect some of that to go to equitie and tw small caps are probably the equities of choice. they have the nimbleness to avd some of the stagnation that ihink will affect large cap companies. tom: you didring a trio oftock ideas this evening, beginninwith imax, e giant moe screen company, imax. rtainly a nic giant move in the ock price over the past months. avatar perhaps what st folks ar most know wthy when it comes to imax. how much of that is priced into thetock already? >> avar will be a big plus in the short run. and as a whole over the longer term. but whas driving is e ecomics of digitalilm, which reduces costs to distributing movies to the individual theaters. >> tom: going to t big screen from nano technology with your next pick. rely an astronomical price rise, 780% return her the 1 mohs of the chart we're looking at from about a dollar
when you're looking the small cap environment, big rally in2009. what's the environment th year? >> wre optimistic that 2010 cod also be a good ye for small caps. two asons. one there a lot ofoney still sitting around as rates get ing, we expect some of that to go to equitie and tw small caps are probably the equities of choice. they have the nimbleness to avd some of the stagnation that ihink will affect large cap companies. tom: you didring a trio oftock ideas this evening, beginninwith...
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tavis: so what happened -- >> i'm not going to provide the environment -- that's not what i do. tavis: comes first? the project and then artist or the artist and then project. >> the first thing is why? why do a record? what would the purpose be? at this time of my life i look for purposes that have to do with issues. what are the issues that need to be emphasized? what are the issues that i want to be singing to the people? this time i started thinking about the fact that the financial crisis. it is like the biggest thing on americans' minds. and it also pointed out that the globalization really hit the american public, the average american for the first time i think with this crisis because they could see what happened with the rest of the world when the banks begin the fail here. -- begin to fail here. so what this record is about is it is kind of a call to arms, in a way. that globalization is here. it is not going to go away. we should take the responsibility to create the kind of future that we want our children to live in. tavis: but how does that get expressed musically?
tavis: so what happened -- >> i'm not going to provide the environment -- that's not what i do. tavis: comes first? the project and then artist or the artist and then project. >> the first thing is why? why do a record? what would the purpose be? at this time of my life i look for purposes that have to do with issues. what are the issues that need to be emphasized? what are the issues that i want to be singing to the people? this time i started thinking about the fact that the...